#pegasus 3

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Zhang Chi...Yuqiang...We won!

SHEN TENG as Zhang Chi & YIN ZHENG as Sun Yuqiang in飞驰人生3 | Pegasus 3 (2026)

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Apollo boilerplate spacecraft and Pegasus-3 spacecraft are being mated to Saturn booster SA-10 at launch complex 37.

Date: July 21, 1965

NASA ID: 65-H-1256

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SHEN TENG & YIN ZHENG in Pegasus 3's group photoshoot for BAZAAR MOVIE

[luyi]

#meet the "king and queen of bayanblulak" everyone #i can't believe this title that fans gave them is now CANON!!!

SHEN TENG as Zhang Chi & YIN ZHENG as Sun Yuqiang in飞驰人生3 | Pegasus 3 (2026)

[luyi]

i was too busy in april, and all my attention for beijing international film festival was on yu hewei, his new movie, and the best actor award he got. so i didn't even know that shen teng and yin zheng went to the film festival for pegasus 3.

and i have no idea how physically clingy shen teng was OMFG LOLLOLOLOLOL....he was holding on to yin zheng's arm the whole time, and wouldn't let zhengzheng go. i just can't...here are some unedited gifs. in the last gif, yin zheng was kinda squeezed by all the media people who were all trying to get a shot of shen teng, and shen teng was telling them to give yin zheng space...and even in that situation, he was still holding on to yin zheng...hmmmmm...没想到腾哥也这么会，哈哈哈哈哈~

ps. if you are wondering what's the fuss about shen teng. he's literally the highest grossing actor in box office in china. he's very very very famous.

ok, now to the red carpet. shen teng forgot the slogan of their movie LOLLOL (very typical of him), and he's looking at yin zheng for help.

last but not least, I'M CERTAIN THE HOST SHIPS CHIQIANG...he brought up the line "they are not pace notes anymore. they are love letters" (one of my fave lines too), and said to yin zheng that this must meant the love sun yuqiang had for zhang chi...and yin zheng was very shy in this kind of occasion, so he was like this was also the love for rally racing and movies.

and then, the host wouldn't drop it. he pointed at shen teng and said to yin zheng: is that it? you don't want to say more. shouldn't you turn to tengge and say something to zhang chi as sun yuqiang? i figure yin zheng was just too shy to go the shipping route in this kind of formal event, so he just turned and said to shen teng that he was awesome which nevertheless made shen teng very happy.

i mean who wouldn't ship them when they are the canon king and queen in the movie. as someone who watched all three pegasus movies, i'll have to say the third one is really ship heavy. the subtexts are very strong. i checked ao3, before pegasus 3 was in theatre this feb, there were only 34 chiqiang fanfics. but guess how many we have now after three months? 461.

i read that we are getting a fourth movie in the future. i hope they keep this up. i have no interest in watching zhang chi mentoring anyone (eg. the 2nd movie). i just want to watch chiqiang hang out, get through hardship, and drive together.

ps. i'm so happy for yin zheng for having two geges in the industry being his besties. he's worked with huang xiaoming for 15 times, and with shen teng for 11 times. yin zheng's breakthrough role in 2015 was actually from shen teng's movie. so they go way back too. 正正有两个大哥宠着可太幸福了。

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Cancelled Missions: Gemini IX rendezvous with the Pegasus 3

Concept art of a Gemini IX capsule rendezvous with the Pegasus 3 micrometeorite satellite.

"Gemini XI would see a dramatic increase in EVA complexity. The spacecraft would intercept the 10.5-ton Pegasus 3 satellite, which was due to be launched into low-Earth orbit on a Saturn I rocket soon after the GEPG submitted its report. Like its predecessors, Pegasus 3 was designed to assess the likelihood that spacecraft in low-Earth orbit would suffer meteoroid impact damage. To do this, it unfolded a pair of 4.3 meter wide by 29 meter long 'wings' containing a total of 400 meteoroid-detection panels.

Pegasus 1 shown during ground testing with its wings deployed

The Gemini Extravehicular Planning Group (GEPG) reported that discussions with NASA Headquarters and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center had already led to Pegasus 3 modifications for Gemini rendezvous and EVA mission. Pegasus 1, launched February 16, 1965, had achieved an elliptical 510-by-726-kilometer orbit, while Pegasus 2, launched May 25, 1965, had entered a 502-by-740-kilometer orbit. When launched on July 30, 1965, Pegasus 3 entered a near-circular 535-by-567-kilometer orbit. This made it a more readily accessible rendezvous target for Gemini spacecraft.

In addition, sixteen of Pegasus 3's meteoroid-detection panels had been replaced with removable aluminum meteoroid-capture panels and panels containing thermal control test surfaces. After rendezvous with the giant satellite, the Gemini XI spacewalker would use a Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit (HHMU) to jet over and remove the panels for return to Earth. The GEPG stated that '[d]etermination of the method of accomplishing this task. . .must still be accomplished.'"

HHMU

Due to setbacks and troubles with EVAs experienced by astronauts during Gemini IX and X, the ambitious plan to rendezvous with the Pegasus 3 and recover the meteoroid and thermal control test surface panels was cancelled. Instead, Gemini XI focused more on techniques for the Apollo missions. It performed the "first direct-ascent (first orbit) rendezvous with an Agena Target Vehicle, docking with it 1 hour 34 minutes after launch; used the Agena rocket engine to achieve a record high-apogee Earth orbit; and created a small amount of artificial gravity by spinning the two spacecraft connected by a tether." The Pegasus 3 satellite re-entered the atmosphere on August 4, 1969.

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“This drawing, prepared by the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, shows meteoroid detection panels being deployed (1) on a Saturn-launched satellite, in the folded position aboard the launch vehicle (2), unfolding (3). Unfolded the panels (4) have a wingspan of about 100 feet. The presence of tiny particles in space will be recorded as they collide with the wing skin sensor.”

The three Pegasus satellites launched on SA-8 (AS-103), SA-9 (AS-104) and SA-10 (AS-105).

Date: 1963

Mike Acs's Collection: 63-Meteoroid Satellite-2

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"Three Pegasus satellites were launched to gather data on the the meteoroid environment of low-Earth orbit. Pegasus-3, with a wingspan of 29 meters, included meteoroid-capture panels designed for retrieval by Gemini or Apollo astronauts; it would, however, not receive visitors before it reentered the atmosphere in August 1969."

Image credit: NASA.

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